2 Corinthians 8:1-6
PAUL'S TACTFUL APPEAL AND RECOMMENDATION. The example of the Macedonian churches:... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL'S TACTFUL APPEAL AND RECOMMENDATION. The example of the Macedonian churches:... [ Continue Reading ]
BRETHREN, WE DO YOU TO WIT OF THE GRACE OF GOD BESTOWED ON THE CHURCHES OF MACEDONIA,... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW THAT IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION THE ABUNDANCE OF THEIR JOY AND THEIR DEEP POVERTY ABOUNDED UNTO THE RICHES OF THEIR LIBERALITY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR TO THEIR POWER, I BEAR RECORD, YEA, AND BEYOND THEIR POWER THEY WERE WILLING OF THEMSELVES,... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYING US WITH MUCH ENTREATY THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THE GIFT, AND TAKE UPON US THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MINISTERING TO THE SAINTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS THEY DID, NOT AS WE HOPED, BUT FIRST GAVE THEIR OWN SELVES TO THE LORD AND UNTO US BY THE WILL OF GOD,... [ Continue Reading ]
INSOMUCH THAT WE DESIRED TITUS THAT, AS HE HAD BEGUN, SO HE WOULD ALSO FINISH IN YOU THE SAME GRACE ALSO. Next to the preaching of the Gospel and the spread of the kingdom of Christ the chief concern of Paul on his third missionary journey was the collection which he was everywhere recommending in t... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, AS YE ABOUND IN EVERYTHING, IN FAITH, AND UTTERANCE, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND IN ALL DILIGENCE, AND IN YOUR LOVE TO US, SEE THAT YE ABOUND IN THIS GRACE ALSO.... [ Continue Reading ]
A proof of their love for Christ:... [ Continue Reading ]
I SPEAK NOT BY COMMANDMENT, BUT BY OCCASION OF THE FORWARDNESS OF OTHERS, AND TO PROVE THE SINCERITY OF YOUR LOVE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR YE KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT, THOUGH HE WAS RICH, YET FOR OUR SAKES HE BECAME POOR, THAT YET THROUGH HIS POVERTY MIGHT BE RICH.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HERE IN I GIVE MY ADVICE; FOR THIS IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU, WHO HAVE BEGUN BEFORE, NOT ONLY TO DO, BUT ALSO TO BE FORWARD A YEAR AGO. The previous argument is here expanded and connected with one that is still more impressive: But rather that, as you excel in everything, in faith and utterance and... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW, THEREFORE, PERFORM THE DOING OF IT, THAT, AS THERE WAS A READINESS TO WILL, SO THERE MAY BE A PERFORMANCE ALSO OUT OF THAT WHICH YE HAVE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The principle of equality:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THERE BE FIRST A WILLING MIND, IT IS ACCEPTED ACCORDING TO THAT A MAN HATH, AND NOT ACCORDING TO THAT HE HATH NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED AND YE BURDENED;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT BY AN EQUALITY, THAT NOW, AT THIS TIME, YOUR ABUNDANCE MAY BE A SUPPLY FOR THEIR WANT, THAT THEIR ABUNDANCE ALSO MAY BE A SUPPLY FOR YOUR WANT; THAT THERE MAY BE EQUALITY,... [ Continue Reading ]
AS IT IS WRITTEN, HE THAT HAD GATHERED MUCH HAD NOTHING OVER, AND HE THAT HAD GATHERED LITTLE HAD NO LACK. Paul's advice is no less effective because it lacks the force of a definite commandment; it rather gains in power by that very fact. For he points out to the Corinthian Christians that they had... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH PUT THE SAME EARNEST CARE INTO THE HE ART OF TITUS FOR YOU!... [ Continue Reading ]
Commendation of Titus and his companions:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR INDEED HE ACCEPTED THE EXHORTATION; BUT BEING MORE FORWARD, OF HIS OWN ACCORD HE WENT UNTO YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM THE BROTHER WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT ALL THE CHURCHES;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOT THAT ONLY, BUT WHO WAS ALSO CHOSEN OF THE CHURCHES TO TRAVEL WITH US WITH THIS GRACE WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY US TO THE GLORY OF THE SAME LORD AND DECLARATION OF YOUR READY MIND;... [ Continue Reading ]
AVOIDING THIS, THAT NO MAN SHOULD BLAME US IN THIS ABUNDANCE WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY US;... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVIDING FOR HONEST THINGS, NOT ONLY IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, BUT ALSO IN THE SIGHT OF MEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WE HAVE SENT WITH THEM OUR BROTHER, WHOM WE HAVE OFTENTIMES PROVED DILIGENT IN MANY THINGS, BUT NOW MUCH MORE DILIGENT, UPON THE GREAT CONFIDENCE WHICH I HAVE IN YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHETHER ANY DO ENQUIRE OF TITUS, HE IS MY PARTNER AND FELLOW- HELPER CONCERNING YOU; OR OUR BRETHREN BE ENQUIRED OF, THEY ARE THE MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCHES AND THE GLORY OF CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE SHOW YE TO THEM, AND BEFORE THE CHURCHES, THE PROOF OF YOUR LOVE, AND OF OUR BOASTING ON YOUR BEHALF. Having named the motives which should incite the Corinthians to take up the matter of the collection with all speed and energy, Paul now gives evidence of his practical sense and carefulne... [ Continue Reading ]